I think the WRC Escorts look very cool, and that was part of
the reason why I bought the WRC front bumper for my car. But
if you ask me if I'd do it again the answer would be no. The
reason for that is mainly the installation of the bumper which
is not straight forward at all.
I bought my WRC bumper from MC Rallying. Something I would strongly
discourage anyone else to do. The fibreglass parts made by them are
simply not up to spec.
Problems include:
Problems include but might not be limited to:
- A part of the bumper had cracked due to poor packaging.
- One of the brackets were in the wrong position.
- The gelcoat finish is way to thick, up to 10mm at the
extremes. This makes it very brittle and easily cracked.
- The finish is poor and lots of hand finishing and filler is
needed before it can be painted.
- The upper part of the bumper which is supposed to fit snugly under
the headlights etc are not finished. Between 50 and 100mm needs to be
taken off to make it line up with the lights and front arches. This takes
a lot of time
- The entire construction is not straight. Maybe 15mm out over the complete length.
My advice for those who really want the WRC look is to buy genuine parts from
Ford Motorsport instead. The WRC front bumper is £995 from Ford. I think
the extra cash would have been worth it. The only drawback with the genuine
thing I can see is that mounting points has to be fabricated, but they will
need fixing on the cheap parts too so it's about the same.
Another thing to consider if the rear WRC spoiler is to be installed is
that the mounting holes for the whale tail needs to be welded and the entire
hatch repainted. It will be difficult to go back to the whale tail again.
If anyone know a company which makes perfect WRC bumpers for the Escort Cosworth
then please let me know by sending me an e-mail me at: Sigmundcool@hotmail.com.
I took a lot of work with such a poor starting point, but it still
looks half decent.
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